Flora of North America species comparison

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Synthyris laciniata

Synthyris canbyi

cut-leaf kittentail, western kittentails

Canby's kittentail, mission mountain kittentails
Leaves

persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand;

blade ± orbiculate, reniform, or cordate, 25+ mm wide, not leathery, base cordate or lobate, margins ± laciniate, sometimes palmately lobed or incised-crenate, teeth apices obtuse to rounded, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy;

basal veins usually extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 2–4 on each side of midvein.

persistent, some withering in 2d year as new leaves expand;

blade ovate or cordate, 25+ mm wide, not leathery, base cordate to lobate, margins ± incised-crenate or laciniate to ± pinnatifid, sometimes ± palmately lobed, teeth apices obtuse to rounded, surfaces sparsely hairy;

basal veins extending into distal 1/2 of blade, lateral veins 2–4 on each side of midvein.
Racemes

erect, to 20 cm (usually less than 25 cm in fruit);

sterile bracts 3+, ovate-spatulate, largest 1+ cm;

flowers 15–40, loosely aggregated.

erect, to 16 cm in fruit;

sterile bracts 2+, ovate-spatulate, sometimes 1+ cm;

flowers 10–50, loosely aggregated.
Stamens

epipetalous.

epipetalous.
Ovaries

ovules 10–16.

glabrous or sparsely hairy at apex;

ovules 10–16.
Capsules

glabrous.

glabrous or sparsely hairy.
Sepals

4.

4.
Petals

(3 or)4(or 5), apex entire or erose;

corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous.

(3 or)4(or 5), apex entire or erose;

corolla blue, ± regular, campanulate, much longer than calyx, glabrous, tube conspicuous.

Synthyris laciniata

Synthyris canbyi
Phenology Flowering late May–Aug; fruiting Jun–Oct. Flowering Jun–Jul; fruiting Jun–Aug.
Habitat Subalpine meadows, alpine tundra, fellfields. Alpine ridges, scree slopes.
Elevation 2900–4000 m. (9500–13100 ft.) 2100–3200 m. (6900–10500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
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MT
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Discussion

Synthyris laciniata is found only in high mountain areas of central to west-central and southern Utah. Flowering in S. laciniata begins at the margins of melting snow banks.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Synthyris canbyi is known from the Mission, Rattlesnake, and Swan mountain ranges of northwest Montana. Flowering in S. canbyi begins at the margins of melting snow banks. Specimens from the southern end of the Mission Range appear intermediate between S. canbyi and S. dissecta.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 300. FNA vol. 17, p. 299.
Parent taxa Plantaginaceae > Synthyris Plantaginaceae > Synthyris
Sibling taxa
S. alpina, S. borealis, S. bullii, S. canbyi, S. cordata, S. dissecta, S. lanuginosa, S. missurica, S. oblongifolia, S. pinnatifida, S. plantaginea, S. platycarpa, S. ranunculina, S. reniformis, S. ritteriana, S. rubra, S. schizantha, S. wyomingensis
S. alpina, S. borealis, S. bullii, S. cordata, S. dissecta, S. laciniata, S. lanuginosa, S. missurica, S. oblongifolia, S. pinnatifida, S. plantaginea, S. platycarpa, S. ranunculina, S. reniformis, S. ritteriana, S. rubra, S. schizantha, S. wyomingensis
Synonyms S. pinnatifida var. laciniata, Veronica utahensis Veronica canbyi
Name authority (A. Gray) Rydberg: Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 353. (1900) Pennell: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 85: 93. (1933)
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